{"product_id":"john-maus-songs-180g-vinyl-lp","title":"John Maus: Songs (180g) Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is what I assumed the band \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=H%C3%BCsker+D%C3%BC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHüsker Dü\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e would sound like before I actually heard any of their songs:\u003c\/i\u003e slow, lo-fi post-punk with a gruff voice booming over it. They don’t actually sound anything like that (but like \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=john+maus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Maus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, they’re from Minnesota!). \u003cstrong\u003eMaus\u003c\/strong\u003e wrote the material that would eventually make up \u003cem\u003eSongs\u003c\/em\u003e when he was just a young undergrad at Cal Arts (roommate: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Ariel+Pink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAriel Pink\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e), without any inclination that he’d ever have a career in music or that anyone would ever hear his work: “I kept writing to the guy at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Kill+Rock+Stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eKill Rock Stars\u003c\/a\u003e, which was the label \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Elliott+Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElliott Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e had been on. Finally, he actually wrote me back and said, ‘Dude, we don’t like your music.’ So I wrote back at him, explaining the modulations in ‘Time To Die’ and how I’m using these modes he can’t hear.” What you can hear is the \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Maus\u003c\/strong\u003e formula (analog drum machines, baroque synth melodies, guttural baritone voice echoing down a bottomless pit) being sculpted in real time by his contrasting adoration for \u003cstrong\u003eHandel\u003c\/strong\u003e and the deluge of lo-fi \/ krautrock \/ post-punk records his new college friends were feeding him. But it’s more wide-eyed than the comparably focused \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=Love%20Is%20Real\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22John%20Maus%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove Is Real\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Pitiless+Censors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePitiless Censors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eMaus\u003c\/strong\u003e mines the dusty cobwebs of his psyche for tunes ranging from the austere (“Less Talk More Action”) to the theatric (“Of North Of North Stars”) and maudlin (“And Heaven Turned To Her Weeping”), even resembling the stoned prog of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Ariel+Pink%E2%80%99s+Haunted+Graffiti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAriel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e at times (“Blowing In The Mind,” “The Peace That Earth Cannot Give,” “That Night”). Not to mention the incredibly catchy “Just Wait Till Next Year,” “Maniac” and “Don’t Be A Body.” A disorienting but thrilling listen from start to finish, recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epoly-lined inner sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edigital download included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elimited edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Ribbon Music 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by yung pilot astray 07\/2018\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"John Maus","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":12121761972344,"sku":"lp-9835","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/johnmaus-songs.jpg?v=1762275387","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/john-maus-songs-180g-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}